UMaine Extension to offer tractor safety classes

Online classes; in-person tractor-driving practice is offered.

Maine CDC warns of hepatitis exposure at Orono store

A food-service worker at the Circle K on Stillwater Ave has tested positive for hepatitis A, possibly exposing those who recently ate food or worked at the store.

‘Essentials of College Planning’ sessions to be held in April

Online vegetable, fruit school begins March 31

Talk to focus on Land Back movement, future of land relations

The Zoom talk will run from 3-4 p.m. Monday, March 29.

Fruit trees topic of upcoming webinar

“Protecting Fruit Trees from Insects and Diseases” runs Wednesday, March 24.

Talk on localizing global climate action set

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk by David Reidmiller, director of the Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), about how global climate action can be applied in Maine.

‘Signs of the Seasons’ scientist training to begin March 22

University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Orono and Maine Sea Grant will offer four free Signs of the Seasons training options for volunteer citizen scientists around the state.

Maine’s shellfish fisheries webinar to air March 18

The second program in the series, “What’s changing on the mudflats?: Collecting knowledge and data about changing clam flats,” will air at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 18.

UMaine Extension offers resources for maple sugaring